About this Research Topic
Catalysis is a core area of contemporary science posing major fundamental and conceptual challenges, while being at the heart of the chemical industry - an immensely successful and important part of the overall global economy. In the context of Global Challenges, a new generation of catalytic processes and advanced catalytic materials are needed to achieve net zero emissions and fight global warming. Where the accelerating environmental concerns, depleting crude oil resources, and the growing interest of renewable feedstock in past few decades has advanced the utilization of carbon derivatives as an attractive strategy of non-petroleum fuels and chemicals.
The goal of this Research Topic is to showcase and celebrate the success of catalytic technologies as essential enablers to pursue the transition towards sustainable societies, and as cornerstone to drive social well-being. Being one of the most interdisciplinary fields, catalysis plays a critical role in environmental protection and industrial development. Nowadays, due to the rise in highly qualified researchers, in addition to the strong collaboration between industry and academia, catalysis represents a central technology to achieve the transition towards a low-carbon future.
With the aim of increasing the visibility and outreach of novel research ideas in catalysis, this Research Topic aims to display articles of several research groups working in diverse catalytic areas such as homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, sustainability processes and energy applications, reactor engineering, and computational modelling. It is hoped that we can develop a unique knowledge infrastructure that supports the decentralized, sustainable, and cost-efficient conversion of biowastes to sustainable fuels to contribute towards full transport system decarbonization and reduce marginal costs in the bio-waste to fuel conversion processes.
Ultimately, we hope that the contributions to this Research Topic inspire new approaches to combat global warning, paving the way towards a modern sustainable society.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Catalysts design, synthesis, characterization, and optimization.
• Materials design for sustainable energy & environmental applications.
• Catalytic Reactors, Reactor Engineering & Computational Studies.
• Biofuels production from bio-wastes, syngas, CO2 capture and CO2 conversion processes.
The goal of this Research Topic is to showcase and celebrate the success of catalytic technologies as essential enablers to pursue the transition towards sustainable societies, and as cornerstone to drive social well-being. Being one of the most interdisciplinary fields, catalysis plays a critical role in environmental protection and industrial development. Nowadays, due to the rise in highly qualified researchers, in addition to the strong collaboration between industry and academia, catalysis represents a central technology to achieve the transition towards a low-carbon future.
With the aim of increasing the visibility and outreach of novel research ideas in catalysis, this Research Topic aims to display articles of several research groups working in diverse catalytic areas such as homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, sustainability processes and energy applications, reactor engineering, and computational modelling. It is hoped that we can develop a unique knowledge infrastructure that supports the decentralized, sustainable, and cost-efficient conversion of biowastes to sustainable fuels to contribute towards full transport system decarbonization and reduce marginal costs in the bio-waste to fuel conversion processes.
Ultimately, we hope that the contributions to this Research Topic inspire new approaches to combat global warning, paving the way towards a modern sustainable society.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Catalysts design, synthesis, characterization, and optimization.
• Materials design for sustainable energy & environmental applications.
• Catalytic Reactors, Reactor Engineering & Computational Studies.
• Biofuels production from bio-wastes, syngas, CO2 capture and CO2 conversion processes.
Keywords: CO2 valorisation, Catalytic materials for Energy, Bioenergy, Catalysis for Environment, Reaction Engineering, Sustainable Processes
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